Determined to lose 1.5 stone by July!

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Enough is enough..I need to lose 1.5 stone and to keep it off! My goal is to look and feel better, and to be fitter too.

So I’m only 5ft 2 and have been 9 stone for most of my adult life but after constant takeaways, home baking, lack of sleep and inactivity during lockdown, my weight crept up close to 13 stone / 83kg by the summer of 2021 and my body fat percentage was close to 40% which put me in the obese category.

I managed to lose a fair bit of weight using various methods (SW, 1:1, running,
walking, calorie counting, IF) and I was down to 11 stone /70Kg by late 2023. But over the last year it’s been hovering around 11 stone with not much change which has been frustrating.

The past month or so my weight’s actually been creeping up, the latest is I’ve just came back from a 2 week holiday and weighed myself - I’m 11 stone 8!

This is the heaviest I’ve been in over a year I think and I could see it in my holiday pics :/

I want to nip this in the bud by actively starting to get my weight down
towards 10 stone instead of continuing to head back in the direction to 13 stone.

I’m going to post at least every Monday setting out my intentions for diet and exercise and posting my weight/measurements update. Anyone in?

Will also be a good space to share fitness videos and simple healthy recipes!

Hi all, can I join please? I'm 44 years old about 5.8 tall and weigh about 12 St. I'd love to be 10 and half by July.

I can't exercise at all due to sciatica so it's purely on diet...this really annoys me as I used to run a hell of a lot and completely thrown when sciatica hit.

I'm drinking loads of water and eating about 900 cals a day. Not sure what else I can do.

Today was a good day- managed to eat 1300 calories and did a 45 min walk so I'm happy with that. I think I may have overdone the exercise in the last week as my legs are very sore, hence taking it a bit easier with the walk today.

Going to give myself a couple of rest days before going back to the workouts!

Hi all

So great that everyone sounds really motivated!

I’m having a good week - day 3 of 16:8, averaging 1000-1400 cals, 10k steps, did a weights session yesterday and a home workout today. Drinking loads of water so can’t stay away from the toilet!!!

I’ve had to cut out dairy for health reasons but finding it okay at the moment.

How often is everyone weighing? I used to do once pw but wondering if more often would be helpful or not?

Food today:
Breakfast: decaf skimmed milk latte, kefir with almonds and blueberries.
Lunch: salad with cucumber, tomato, celery, apple, beetroot and ginger sauerkraut, pecans, olive oil, ACV.
Snack: redbush tea, kefir with almonds and cocoa powder.
Dinner: Sautéed asparagus, green beans, red pepper, onion and brocolli with brown basmati rice and baked tofu.

@Pinkvici22 I'm weighing myself every morning to keep an eye on things but I'm "reporting" my weight weekly on a Monday.

This thread has had a miraculous effect on my choc and biscuit consumption. I've only had a two finger kit kat yesterday and today. If you knew how much sugar I normally consume, you'd agree that is indeed a miracle 😂

@Pinkvici22 I'm weighing myself every morning to keep an eye on things but I'm "reporting" my weight weekly on a Monday.

@Pinkvici22 yeah this is what I do too.it’s not for everyone but I like to keep an eye on things daily but only properly record my weight once a week.

I tend not to react to loss/gain of a pound or two unless it’s a consistent pattern or trend, since there are often reasons for weight fluctuations that have nothing to do
with an increase in body fat.

Hello and welcome to all new joiners!

And well done to all of us who have started the journey to lose 1.5 stone! It’s early days but lovely to hear it’s going well so many of you.

@GypsophiliaandCarnations great news 😆🥳

Hi - so as I've already started loosely around 2 weeks ago I weighed myself and I've lost a total of -7lbs. I believe most of this is water weight, but also as I have been doing low carb the impact of cutting out sugary snacks and crisps! I do need to drink more water though as this is my fall down. I also weigh every day just to see how I'm doing and to keep me on the straight and narrow! I am happy with the initial loss, it has spurred me on to continue as I have a lot to lose! I just need to stay focused!

7 pounds down is an amazing start @RememberToSmile1980
I need to drink more water too. I don’t know why but if it’s not a hot day I can easily forget to drink more than a few glasses of water.

I don’t have much in the house this morning that I fancy for breakfast , I’ve even ran out of oats! So I’m just going to have tea until my weekly food delivery arrives this afternoon.
I have a bad habit of bingeing on food the day my weekly shop comes, so I made sure not to order any biscuits or cake. I did get a couple of treats like dark chocolate which I’m less likely to binge on.

My appetite seems to have calmed down this week and I’m sleeping better. I only had about 1200 calories yesterday.

I actually heard someone on YouTube say matcha is a natural appetite suppressor. Not sure if that’s true or not, but I’ll be ordering some and making some matcha lattes to see if it works for me.

How did you all get on today?

I have stuck to my calories and been for a run again. I'd forgotten how slow and frustrating dieting is though I want to be at my target weight NOW.

B bowl of cornflakes with skinned milk, two coffees with milk
L dhal with brown rice and yoghurt
D smoked haddock gratin with carrots, broccoli and sweetcorn.

Total 1150 ish calories

Day 4 for me.

Overnight seed pudding for breakfast (a mix of raspberries, blueberries, pomegranate seeds, half a banana, yoghurt, flax seeds and chia seeds. Oat milk latte.

Salad with rocket and spinach leaves, chopped red pepper and cucumber, a smashed avocado with lime juice and fresh coriander, feta cheese, chicken meat, pomegranate seeds and a handful of trail mix.

Dinner is lamb meatballs with two HF pittas, mango chutney and salad.
I have a dark chocolate rice cake for later.

I'm due my period but amazing to resist the cravings. Excited to weigh on Monday!

@YouBelongWithMe that sounds like a truly delicious day of eating!

Day 1 for me after a few false starts this week!
Giving 16:8 a go.
Overnight oats for lunch at 12.30pm.
Chicken salad with 2 small new potatoes for dinner.
Satsuma and raspberry ruffle bar for snacks. Gallons of water!!!!! And lots of trips to the loo!
1100 calories.

Some delicious sounding food

for me breakfast was strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and sliced banana topped with soya yogurt and a sprinkle of homemade granola

lunch was a ham salad sandwich and an apple

tea was tempura chicken with a few fries, mozzarella sticks and beans followed by a snicker ice cream. Not really healthy or diet friendly but quick and easy on a busy day

I decided to download MFP today incase I’m totally overestimating, did it after breakfast so that’s not on but the rest of my food came to 1319 calories

i went for a power walk at lunch which totaled 6k steps

according to MFP I have 449 calories remaining but I should be done for today now and I need to remember breakfast isn’t on it today

Two boiled eggs for breakfast
Lentil soup for lunch
Chilli and a baked sweet potato for dinner
Not counting calories but feeling so much fuller since cutting out added sugar and wheat
Nice weather is helping too :-)

I missed breakfast.

Quorn ham salad for lunch.

Ready meal for dinner (I know) 419 cal.

Not the healthiest of days.

Can o join please? 5'2" and 10st 7.

You're all inspiring me.

Would love to be 9st by end of july.

I'm on day 2 of 16:8 with 1300cal and minimum of 100g of protein. So basically throwing the kitchen sink at it.

So far so good but lots of things working against me. But I'm ploughing through regardless.
Fed up of weeing.

I’ve plugged all food into MFP and I’m on just under 1400 cals. That’s great, but, my protein is too low. I think I struggle with this in general. Anyone got any tips?

@Onceuponatime46 cottage cheese is a great source of protein, protein powder in a shake (though it is v processed), Lindahls Kvarg desserts, boiled eggs, nut butter, Greek yoghurt (not Greek style actual Greek yogurt).

@Onceuponatime46 i was going to ask the same

yesterday i managed 54g with 80% of that being in my evening meal so i need to think about how to change that. I would love to make each meal at least 20g-30g of protein if I can

i think I am going to stop making granola. It’s very high in fat/carbs even though I keep it to a simple recipe so once I’ve used up this batch I think I am going to swap to just chopped nuts and seeds as a topping to my fruit/yogurt at breakfast and might add in an egg dish of some sort too although I’m not sure time wise if I could do that on days I’m in office. I will have a think about high protein options I can maybe prep in advance

i am going to swap out my ham salad sandwich at lunch to a can of tuna or salmon with lots of salad leaves, tomato, cucumber, carrot and a small drizzle of mayo

my evening meals for the most part are ok, I could do with thinking of a few quick but healthy and tasty high protein meals for when i get home late but i usually have meat/fish with salad or veg or pasta with veg

today food has been berries and banana with plain soya yogurt and granola for breakfast

i will have a ham salad sandwich and apple for lunch

this evening i am grilling chicken breast strips marinated in a Nando’s seasoning and will serve with roast sweet potato, corn on the cob and coleslaw… I’ve not added this into MFP yet so hoping it’s not too high in calories

I have melon, grapes and strawberries for a snack if I feel hungry between meals
And plenty of water

@Onceuponatime46

I use myprotein clear which is really refreshing (I don't like the shakes) and a scoop of protein powder in my Greek yogurt. That's almost 40g

I also have chia seeds, spirulina and roasted chickpeas.

Today started off hard. Made a rookie error yesterday and ate well below my calorie allowance, this disrupted my sleep and meant I woke up so hungry. So I snacked on 3 choc rice cakes & coffee at 7am this morning ! I’m not writing off the whole day though , I’m just putting that down as a meal equivalent and will have two more meals and plenty of tea and water throughout today. I also did a gentle 20 minutes Pilates workout this morning.

The weekend is starting, hope everyone is able to enjoy themselves without necessarily over-eating or feeling like you’ve undid any progress made this week.

I’ll be going out for dinner this weekend, so that day I’ll probably eat a light breakfast and skip lunch and eat sensibly when I get there. Won’t be drinking. I travel by public transport so I’ll be doing a fair amount of walking to stations etc to get there. I’ll be using my soup maker for the first time over the weekend too.

Looking forward to hearing everyone’s progress updates on Monday - if you dare to share 😄

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Hope everyone is getting on well.

I’ve been enjoying being in control of my eating again after a period of over indulging. The weekends are usually where I have a few drinks/ take away but determined to stick with it all weekend. Preparation is the key for me- didn’t have time to prep lunch last night but got up early this morning to make a big salad with lots of veggies, chilli beetroot, vine tomatoes, vegan feta and some mixed beans for work and prepped a fruit salad for a snack.

dinner will be a deconstructed sushi type bowl with sticky rice, tofu, crispy kale and shredded carrot, cucumber, pepper and onion. Prob have some chilli sauce or hoisin with it. It’s my favourite dinner and so fresh and tasty.

Done a home work out this morning with some weights and going for a walk later to get my steps in ( and to stay out of the pub)

I’ve just got to remember these things take time though- I’ve very impatient and want to start seeing results straight away!

have a lovely weekend everyone

I love granola but what I’ve been doing is making myself Bircher muesli -soak porridge oats in apple juice (I also add some raisins and chia seeds) add grated apple and then add a tablespoon of Greek yoghurt to serve. I sprinkle granola on top and only buy the low sugar version. I’ve been having this as a brunch with a whole meal bagel
slim and the maybe a banana mid/later afternoon.

for me my eating is largely ok but my portions and carbs have crept up.